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Sanctum 2 - (2013 game) art

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/210770/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200110212906/https://www.coffeestainstudios.com/games/sanctum-2

A combined first-person shooter and tower-defense game.

Seems pretty cute, but I hate tower defense games which have multiple entrances.



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Minds logo

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.minds.com/ (Android > Developer (recommended)on Google Play))

A social media platform.

Positioned as a “free as in beer and free as in freedom” alternative to platforms like Twitter, minds has significant potential.

  • 2017-05-29 – Does not have proper web compliance and does not work 100% with Pale Moon.

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Stealth Bastard - (2011 game) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/209190
https://web.archive.org/web/20190907045712/https://www.stealthbastard.com/

A side-scroller puzzle game.

I played around with it a bit. It’s fair. It’s overwhelmingly unforgiving and gets complicated.

Stellaris - (2016 game) cover

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/
https://www.paradoxplaza.com/stellaris/STST01G-MASTER.html

Build and expand a space-faring race who learns they are not alone in the universe.

Master of Orion – (1993 game) but with updated graphics and a confusing interface. I expect would have loved this in the past, but now it’s just awkward. I’ll still tag this as ‘liked’, as it’s pretty good. It’s very hard in the eyes. Take a lot of breaks.

Extremely stupidly hard.. and confusing. I’m shelving it. I only paid $12 USD for it, so it’s not a big loss.. still, I wish the UI was better and the tutorial was better and the gameplay was better..



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Tiny and Big Grandpa's Leftovers image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/205910/
https://www.blackpants.de/project-tiny-big/ [ 1 ] was http://tinyandbig.com/

Laser things, move things, push things and find your way through semi-puzzle stuff.

With an art style (and opening sequences) reminiscent of Borderlands – (2009 game) and gameplay reminiscent of Okami – (2006 game), this game has a very strong initial impression on me.

Not open-world, and definitely “on rails”, but it does give a lot of power to the user as to how to fart around to progress.

While overall good, the controls are wonky and cliffs are obnoxious. There should be no falling off mechanic and the game should instead dangle the player for a moment and never let them fall.

  • Properly titled Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers



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Footnotes

Creativerse logo

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(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/280790/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210208222224/https://www.creativersegame.com/

A freemium Minecraft clone with a number of improved features.

It’s prettier but has a lot of pop-in. The two block-high jump and sliding movement are unsettling. It’s nice to have a list of all crafting patterns, and searching is nice. Crafting is very nice with its previews.

Overall I’d say this is a good game and an appropriate drop-in replacement for people who like Minecraft.

  • 2021-05-28 — The website has been dead for a while.

    • 2021-02-08 was the date of the last archive.



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Entertainment > Games >

https://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/
https://elliptic-games.com/

A space simulator fps thingy.

While it looked quite good at a glance, when actually trying it it fell flat. When a game cannot lean on cutting-edge technology, it has to have solid gameplay. It didn’t feel good at all to me. I guess No Man’s Sky – (2016 game) spoiled me.

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